Status Update

Transmissions from Camp Trans:

1. claim: All women straight, lesbian, or trans sexual should be able to use the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival as a place to bond and enjoy music.

2. type: Classical

Dark Webs Goth Subcultures in Cyberspace

1. claim: The internet provides means of communicating and informing the public about things that they may or may not be familiar with such as the Goth subculture.

2. type: Toulmin

The Truck Stop as Community and Culture

1. claim: Truckers are very similar to cowboys, though they may not have the same title in a certain sense they hold similar characteristics, for example both are travelers but one uses motor vehicles as transportation and the other uses a horse. At first glance things may seem very different but if you look deeper they are very much alike.

2. type: Toulmin

House for the Homeless

1. claim: Being homeless is not a choice these people made but a situation they were forced into, and are people nevertheless like you and I they just live a different life.

2. type: Rogerian

At this point in my research paper I have yet to select a topic. I have ran through several possible topics but through research or blogs have found set backs and several reasons why these topics were no good. Some did not seem stable enough to write a ten page paper on, some didnt provide sufficient field sites, or simply were not interesting enough. At this point I am meeting with the teacher to help determine how to go about selecting the right topic. I am far behind but confident once i find a good topic ill be on track.